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Mobile health IT provides many new opportunities to transform clinical research as studies now have real-time access to subjects in their environments. Sensors, texting and smart phones automatically capture or track data in addition to the ability to provide immediate feedback or changes in behavior. This section provides professionals and organizations with information on private and public grants in addition to research initiatives or funding related to mHealth, wireless technology and mobile tools around the globe.

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The ONC's Lygeia Ricciardi: Speaking for the consumer June 19, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
 In a Q&A with Contributing Editor Anthony Brino, the director of the ONC's Office of Consumer eHealth talks about consumer engagement, mobile health ... and pregnancy apps  More
Rep. Honda reintroduces HITMA June 18, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The California congressman is advocating creating an Office of Wireless Health within the FDA, among other things.  More
American Well pulls 2 more Blues into the fold June 14, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The Massachusetts-based developer of the Online Care telehealth platform has added to its portfolio with deals with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana.  More
CHCF adds to its investment in Asthmapolis June 10, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The California HealthCare Foundation has put more than $1 million into the Wisconsin-based developer of an mHealth platform for people with asthma and COPD.  More
HHS names finalists in cancer support app challenge June 5, 2013 |
Erin McCann
 The challenge, launched by the ONC in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and MedStartr, a healthcare crowdfunding portal, will award the grand prize to the app creator who develops the best tool to help cancer survivors better manage their transition from oncology specialty care to primary care.   More
New study sees increased acceptance of mobile EHR apps June 4, 2013 |
Bernie Monegain
 A report by Black Book Rankings identifies a "meteoric trend" toward mobile EHR apps, particularly iPad apps.  More
Digital Health goes global June 3, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 Last week's WLSA Convergence Summit put the spotlight on the global digital health ecosystem - including Dean Kamen's efforts to "do something really big for the world."  More
WLSA attendees launch Catalyst Initiative May 31, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The project, spearheaded by Open mHealth, seeks to create a platform on which mHealth projects can be launched using multiple apps.  More
WLSA's Convergence Summit: Putting the "fun" back into healthcare May 30, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The two-day conference kicked off Wednesday in San Diego with an impressive lineup of speakers and presentations, all focused on pushing the boundaries of traditional healthcare and making digital health and wellness to goal.  More
UCSF study eyes voice IT's benefits for diabetics May 24, 2013 |
Mike Miliard
 The 27-week study found that interactive voice recognition technology could help identify safety triggers among patients with type 2 diabetes.  More
Tenzing Group looks to help mHealth companies face the FDA gauntlet May 21, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The California-based advisory firm advises developers of mobile medical apps and their investors on how they fit under the FDA's still-unclear regulatory umbrella.  More
WLSA gears up for 8th Annual Convergence Summit May 20, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The three-day conference, taking place May 28-30 in San Diego, aims to separate the old-style thinking of healthcare from the brash, new, disruptive world of connected health.  More
Taking the pulse of mobility in cardiovascular services June 18, 2013 |
Matt Patterson
 Mobility is making an impact on cardiovascular services - ranging from expedited STEMI care pathways to readmission reductions for congestive heart failure (CHF) and intermittent dysrhythmias. Taking a step back to reflect on the state of the cardiovascular service line at large illustrates some key pressures that health systems are experiencing and why mobile technology solutions are taking off in this area.  More
 
Obama's memorandum on broadband spectrum should help mHealth June 17, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 President Barack Obama has issued a Presidential Memorandum designed to "aggressively enhance" federal efforts to delegate additional spectrum for wireless broadband, a key component to the development of mHealth and telemedicine initiatives around the country.  More
 
Three examples of mHealth success – European style June 14, 2013 |
David Collins
 The mHealth Symposium in Dublin was an eye-opener for me, as it brought to light the reality that there are some universal challenges in mHealth, but there are also some big wins in mobile integration in countries outside the United States.   More
The health reform deluge is coming! Will you sink or swim? June 6, 2013 |
Jonathan D. Linkous
 In 18 weeks the enrollment period for state - based health insurance exchanges (a key element of the 2010 Health Reform Bill) will open. Coverage through these exchanges will start 13 weeks later. The same day, Medicaid coverage will be expanded in a majority of the states. All told, by January 1, 2014 - less than eight months from now - there could be 35-50 million more people with health insurance in the United States (this is more than the total population of Canada).  More
Wheeler appointment is the right prescription for the FCC and mHealth June 6, 2013 |
Ritch Blasi
 I didn't know Thomas Wheeler personally when he served as chairman for the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), but in the spirit of full disclosure, I believe I need to say that I did cause him some angst at a CTIA event in 2003 when he was showcasing AT&T's newest mobile technology: Sending a 7-second video using multimedia messaging service (MMS) and one of the strangest designed phones ever. But that's a story for another day.  More
The rise of intelligent systems in healthcare, part II (patients) June 4, 2013 |
Jonathon Dreyer
 In last month's mHIMSS blog, we discussed how virtual assistants make doctors more efficient and give back time to spend interacting with their patients. This month, we'll examine the ever-changing consumer health world and the potential impact of virtual assistants on patients.  More
Synergistic impacts of healthcare and social media June 3, 2013 |
David Lee Scher, MD
 There have been many articles written on the impact of social media on healthcare. Likewise, healthcare is transforming social media into a 'place' to obtain information on specific diseases, creating patient and provider support in online communities like PatientsLikeMe and Treatment Diaries and improving communication among providers and between providers and patients.  More
Is the end of search the beginning of personalized prevention? May 23, 2013 |
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
 This past week, Google held its annual developers conference, Google I/O. One of the more provocative talks, called "The End of Search as We Know It," was by Amit Singhal, who is in charge of search for Google.  More
A call for patience May 22, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 As the mHealth world anxiously awaits the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final ruling on how it will regulate mobile medical apps, a new blog from Kaiser Health News shows just how important that ruling will be --and may shed some light on why it's been slow in coming.  More
Is design important in healthcare? May 21, 2013 |
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
 I've been in the healthcare delivery business now for 30 years and I can confidently say we've paid almost no attention to design. Systems are built around physicians' desires and workflows, and physicians tend to be quantitative, content-focused and able to handle multiple variables at once.  More
Advancements abound in mHealth, but what about the pace of policy? May 20, 2013 |
Lee Kim, Esq.
 Advancements in mHealth but what about the pace of policy?  More
Let’s play word association: I say 'mobile,' you say … May 20, 2013 |
David Collins
 I recently watched the latest 007 flic, "Sky Fall", in which Bond "comes back to life" after being killed by one of his fellow operatives. However, Bond stays out of pocket for quite some time "enjoying" his assumed death.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // mHealth Alliance: Evidence Matters: Perspectives across the mHealth Landscape... March 20, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 Evidence Matters: Perspectives across the mHealth Landscape on Priorities, Gaps, and Common Goals for Strengthening the Evidence Base needed to support mHealth initiatives.   More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // Deloitte: A New Model for National-level mHealth Planning March 20, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // Deloitte: A New Model for National-level mHealth Planning This panel addresses the establishment of a public-private partnership for creating a national mHealth plan in Tanzania. The panel discusses barriers, solutions, and considerations when developing a national strategy to implement mHealth solutions.   More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // Ashoka: The 1000 Days of Pregnancy and Infancy – A Lighthouse Project(s) March 20, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 Interactive Discussion Contributors: Moderator: David Aylward, Ashoka  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // GBC Health - Building Partnerships that Work: Designing for Success and Scale March 20, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 Partnerships have been hailed as a critical tool to move mHealth beyond small pilots into a mainstream, global opportunity. Learning and experience from existing partnerships can help inform and shape future opportunities — and ensure they are set up for success. In this panel from GBCHealth, stakeholders across multiple sectors come together for a lively discussion about the do’s and don’ts of successful partnerships. Panelist include experts from the private sector, funders, multilateral organizations, implementing partners and government — each sharing their unique perspective on the role partnerships can play in advancing mHealth goals and ensuring maximum impact.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // Department of Defense mCARE January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 Session presentations describe the Department of Defense mCare project designed to assist soldiers recovering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated disorders.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // Maternal and Child Health: Focus on Africa January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 Session presentations describe research on the integrated management of childhood illness (ICMI) and other maternal and child health efforts in African countries.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // NIH Gene, Environment, and Health Initiative (GEI) January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 Session presentations report on results of projects from the NIH GEI Exposure Biology program, an environmental technology development program to produce and validate new methods for monitoring environmental exposures that interact with a genetic variation to result in human diseases.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // Population Surveillance and Emergency Response January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 Session presentations describe the use of mobile technologies for mapping urban health assets, tracking adverse events from influenza vaccines, and responding to the Haiti Earthquake.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // mHealth Evidence Workshop Report January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 National and global scientists, policymakers, health professionals, technologists, and representatives from regulatory and funding agencies gathered on August 16, 2011 for the mHealth Evidence Workshop to discuss and identify more effective methods to generate evidence of efficacy and effectiveness for the emerging science of mobile health (mHealth). The meeting was sponsored by the Pioneer program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the McKesson Foundation, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes at the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. Session presentations will describe the discussion and recommendations from the mHealth Evidence Workshop.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // Diabetes Management January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 Session presentations describe a range of research on mobile technologies applied to diabetes and kidney disease, including a cluster randomized trial of mobile phone diabetes management and a theory-based behavior change program for self-management of diabetes.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // Maternal and Child Health January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 Session presentations report on the efficacy of mobile technologies to improve delivery, postpone subsequent pregnancy, and encourage breastfeeding. The session also includes a presentation on the USAID MCHIP Quality of Care Facility Assessment.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - Research Track // Medication Adherence January 19, 2012 |
Foundation for NIH
 Session presentations report on the evaluation of text messaging and other mobile technologies to improve adherence to a variety of medication treatments.  More
Latinos and Digital Technology, 2010 November 22, 2011 |
Pew Research Center
 This study, conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, evaluates the use of digital technology among the Latino community and compares across various ethnicities. Key findings include the fact that Latinos lag behind other communities in terms of home broadband access but have similar demographic rates of internet and cell phone use.  More
Mobility to Play a Larger Role in Health IT November 16, 2011 |
VDC Research
 With the rise of EHR adoption and home care demands, wireless and mobile technologies are poised to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare.  More
The Mobile Phone as a Tool for Providing Primary Healthcare Feasibility Study for Deploying Mobile Technology July 23, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 This paper reports the results of a health IT initiative aimed at using mobile phone technology to spread medical care among people in slum areas. A survey was done in an urban slum setting to test the feasibility of deploying mobile technology for providing primary healthcare services. The design of the study was based on a “Regionalised Service Delivery Model.”  More
Txt4Health: Using Mobile Health Technology in the New Orleans Beacon Community February 15, 2012 |
Anjum Khurshid PhD, MBBS (MD), MPAff
 The New Orleans Beacon Community is currently using Txt4Health approaches to reduce healthcare costs, improve population health, and enhance patient experiences when engaging in healthy practices. This program assists individuals with diabetes through SMS texting to educate and improve patients dealing with chronic disease.   More
Secure 2-Way Messaging Program Improves Care, Appointment Attendance February 7, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 The Army’s mCare program targets soldiers serving in the Community Based Warrior in Transition Units (CBWTU) program, which enables those with mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) and other wounds to receive medical care and perform military support missions as they heal. A HIPAA-compliant, two-way messaging application based on Diversinet’s MobiSecure® platform was proven during a one-year pilot program, continued and expanded under a five-year contract. mCare addresses the challenges of providing secure case management for geographically dispersed patients who require varied interdisciplinary treatments and use diverse mobile devices.  More
FDA Regulations on Medical Data Systems February 14, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 mHIMSS Workgroup members Lee Kim (@lee_kim) and Dr. Mohamd Arif Ali (@mhealth1) presented on February 10th, 2011. The webinar provides a perspective from the clinical provider side (Dr. Ali’s perspective) and the enforcement perspective (Lee Kim’s role as an attorney). The presentation is recorded and available to members with full HIMSS access.  More
Video Presentations from The 2011 mHealth Summit, December 5 - 7 2011 January 18, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 This webpage hosts all of the video presentations from the The 2011 mHealth Summit, December 5 - 7 2011.  More
George Washington University Course: Innovations in Telemedicine and mHealth April 2, 2013 |
mHIMSS
 Advances in wireless broadband networks, almost ubiquitous mobile phone penetration, and data compression technologies are providing new avenues for radical change in the way doctors practice medicine and patients access care.  More
The Fed mHealth Collaborative December 1, 2011 |
mHIMSS
 This presentation provides an overview of the US Federal mHealth Collaborative.  More
mHealth Evidence Workshop November 17, 2011 |
mHIMSS
 Mobile health (mHealth) has the potential to simultaneously reduce the cost of health care and improve our health by encouraging healthy behaviors, providing continuous monitoring to prevent or reduce health problems, reducing acute health care visits, and providing personalized, real-time intervention in the mobile environment. However, traditional methods of evaluation needed to address efficacy and safety in mHealth are not well aligned to the pace of technological development.  More
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mHIMSS Research Map
mHIMSS
 The mHIMSS Research Map identifies global mhealth research projects around the world.   More
2012 mHIMSS Mobile Technology Survey Results from HIMSS Analytics!
mHIMSS
 This ongoing study provides information on a multitude of aspects related to mobile and wireless technology in health care organizations including general use of mobile technology, access to patient data, means for securing information, and the benefits and barriers to use. http://www.mhealthsummit.org/program-details/himss  More
HIMSS Analytics Database: Hospitals Reporting about Mobile Usage
mHIMSS
 Source: HIMSS Analytics Database October 2011 documenting current industry trends related to mobile technology in the healthcare setting.   More
Definitions of mHealth
mHIMSS
 A collection of mHealth definitions from key healthcare organizations.  More
The mHIMSS International Ecosystem Map May 20, 2013 |
mHIMSS
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Survey: Attitudes towards Apps in Healthcare April 14, 2013 |
mHIMSS
 The University of Delaware is collaborating with HIMSS Analytics and mHIMSS to assess provider attitudes towards applications “Apps” in healthcare settings.   More
HIMSS Vantage Point Survey: Mobile Medical Applications September 10, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 On July 19, the FDA released a set of proposed guidelines on the regulation of certain mobile medical applications. Under the draft regulations, only a small number of the apps available on the market would be covered by the draft guidelines. At present, the FDA is seeking to regulate only apps that meet certain criteria.  More
Lessons from Project HealthDesign: Strategies for Safeguarding Patient-Generated Health Information Created or Shared through Mobile Devices July 23, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 Leveraging the power of new technologies, researchers funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Project Health-Design are encouraging patients to track and share with clinicians observations of daily living (ODLs) and other information that can serve as important indicators of a patient’s health.  More
Glossary of Terms February 6, 2012 |
mHIMSS
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Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative December 8, 2011 |
Johns Hopkins University
 The Johns Hopkins Unviersity Global mHealth initiative is a universitywide community of excellence, connecting faculty, staff and students in transdisciplinary collaborations in the field of mobile health. JHU GmI serves faculty, staff and students at Johns Hopkins, as well as global public and private sector partners, in identifying appropriate mHealth strategies for global health challenges and providing expertise in technology development, health content, efficacy research and program evaluation.  More
2011 Mobile Technology Survey Results December 2, 2011 |
mHIMSS
 These are the results from the 2011 mobile survey. The results are available only to members of HIMSS.  More
Smokefree Teen: teen.smokefree.gov December 2, 2011 |
HHS (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
NIH, (National Institutes of Health)
 The Tobacco Control Research Branch, (TCRB) is currently developing a teen smoking cessation site. Given teens’ unique usage patterns of emerging technologies, text messaging, mobile device optimization, and downloadable mobile applications will be integral for a teen site. Indeed, the use of text messaging to deliver cessation treatment is seen as a core feature of the teen site.  More